☕️ Gen 6 aka X/Y was robbed by the poor storyline and the lack of focus on elements what could've been so good to have in the main plotline (from @multiplelivesinline)
send me a ☕️ and an opinion (popular or unpopular) and i’ll say whether i agree or disagree
Gen 6 was very much a transitional generation, like Gen 4 was between the GBA and the DS and Gen 8 turned out to be for the 3DS and the Switch, and if there's one thing in common between XY DP and SwSh is that these games were ROUGH but while Gen 4 had Platinum and Gen 8 had the DLCs to smooth things out the closest thing XY had was the anime which was a good season by anime standards but no match for what a full third game would be so the version of Kalos left in people's minds was the undercooked one
But at the same time I feel like Kalos is one of those regions people love to shit on for the sake of having something to hate the arguments against it are very circular and all boil down to oh the concepts are underdeveloped and don't get enough time to shine but at the same time the fandom has this weird idea where people will literally get angry if you develop the Kalos cast (other than Serena Lysandre and AZ) because otherwise they can't act as punching bags
Like my favorite region is Sinnoh it's a very popular region with very popular characters but I'm not gonna act like it's the pinnacle of storytelling that Gen 6 can never measure up to and the less said about Gen 1 fans talking shit about Gen 6 the better
There's a lot that can be done with the XY cast other than just Lysandre Is A God Among Men Serena (because no one writes protag Calem) Is A Camera With Legs That Only Exists To See Him In The Most Sympathetic Light AZ Is A Sad Grandpa And Everyone Else Sucks™️ especially to make the games' themes more prevalent which is one of the biggest things that drew me to rival!Calem as a muse because he is an underused character in canon with a rushed arc that could use a fresh coat of paint and gets a completely INSANE treatment by the fandom like people will make literally any excuse to hate him just so they don't have to admit that he's not actually that bad
"calem obviously wants to romance serena and uses the rivalry as an excuse to get close to her even though she's not actually interested" GIRL THE RIVAL WITH ROMANTIC SUBTEXT IS FUCKING SHAUNA MAYBE YOU'RE JUST CUMBRAINED
But other than him there are many other characters I'd like to see getting more attention like Shauna herself because she's reduced to being a dumb girl obsessed with pretty things stereotype but she's actually shown to be a very smart person like with her interest in puzzles her friendship with Clemont and Bonnie and her girlboss moments in Flare HQ which everyone loves to ignore because if you have to admit that Shauna's competent then you have no reason to hate on her
I could rant a lot more but this is getting really long already so part 2 might come Eventually



















